Restraint urged as Canada braces for shortages
Donald Gordon, chair of prices control, urged Canadians to exercise self restraint in buying while awaiting wartime supply improvements. He warned rumors could spark unnecessary panics and said rationing would be avoided unless conditions worsened. He stressed public cooperation and honest behavior to ease shortages.
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Toronto
Donald Gordon
Ward
Wamen’s
London
CBC
Montreal
Cyrille Vaillancourt
Ad‘jagr
Gordon
Canadians welcomed by Blamey in Pacific forces
Canadian troops serving with the Australian army were welcomed and complimented by Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey in a report from the Australian news and information bureau. The Canadians, mainly technical specialists, are seen as potential core for a planned Canadian Pacific expedition in the southwest Pacific.
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New York
Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
Australian News and Information Bureau
Bilamey
Canada
Western Resources Chief Praises Prairie Development
W M Neal vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway praised industrial growth in the prairie provinces and called for keeping livestock production despite a shift to grain. He stressed international trade as the key factor for Canada's prosperity and noted manpower shortages affecting farming.
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Winnipeg
W. M. Neal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion
Neal
Englishman Hewitt Sentenced 12 Years for Plaintiff Likely to Aid Enemies
London reports Gerald Percy Sandys Hewitt, 44, an Englishman who broadcast for the Germans during the occupation of France, was sentenced to twelve years in prison for acts likely to assist the enemy.
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London
Gerald Percy Sandys Hewitt
France
Some British Prisoners Executed Before Bulgarian Armistice
War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that British prisoners in Bulgarian camps were killed before the armistice. He noted 20 to 44 Britons were held with Americans, with fewer than 10 confirmed killed, and said 42 Bulgarian officers face arrest for mistreatment.
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London
James Grigg
The
Commons
Grigg
Canadians receive ribbons on German soil from Montgomery
Field Marshal Montgomery decorates Canadians with ribbons during a ceremony in Germany, the first such investiture by 21st Army Group commander for Gen Crerar’s formation. The event, under trees with few spectators, featured a guard of honor from headquarters staffs.
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Germany
Field Marshal
Montgomery
21St Army
Crerar
Churchill Tours Western Front Warns War End Near
Prime Minister Churchill visited the List Highlanders of the Canadian First Army and urged that a united effort could end the war in Europe. He praised northern battles aiding a southern push toward the Rhine and noted Allied strides against Germany while joking about missing Hitler.
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Germany
Churchill
Western Front
Europe
List Highlanders
Canadian First Army
Hitler
Rhine
Cressings
Xanten
Trudging Along After Defeat Near Cologne
In deep mud along roads outside Cologne, lines of men, women and children carry bundles of food and clothing. They walk as roads are clogged with tanks and trucks moving forward, in a damp drizzle toward ruined homes and rubble. The scene captures the price paid after Nazi tales of world power collapsed.
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Niederaussen
Germany
Cologne
Trial opens in Paris on Gestapo gang led by Ledanseur
The Paris purge court began trial of seven men and one woman accused of aiding the Gestapo. Prosecutors say the group, led by Georges Ledanseur, 30, a former resistance wireless operator, transmitted BBC coded messages to the resistance. Ledanseur reportedly betrayed the movement after arrest, choosing collaboration over execution.
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Paris
Gestapo
BBC
Resistance
Georges Ledanseur
Farm Workers Return To Agriculture Under Wartime Plan
Labour Minister Mitchell announced plans to bring winter workers in essential industries back to farms. Localities will set release dates. regional superintendents in Winnipeg and Vancouver will announce schedules. The cost of living index remained at 118.6 for January 2 to February 1, 1945, signaling a wartime rise of 17.7 percent.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
German Commanders Urge March Pay for Refugees
German military leaders urged soldiers in Germany to donate their March pay to aid refugees from eastern Germany. Refusal to contribute would be reported to headquarters.
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Germany
Appointment of Lieut Governor for Saskatchewan
Lieut Governor Moose Jaw Times has been appointed lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan to succeed Hon. A P McNab who has retired from the post.
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Moose Jaw Times
Saskatchewan
A P. McNab
Air Forces Cut Nazi Oil Output and Bomber Losses
Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons Allied air forces reduced German oil production to near exhaustion. He noted bomber loss rates fell from 4.1 percent in 1942 to 17 percent in 1944 and 1.1 percent in early 1945, and bomber command suffered over 10 000 casualties between April and September 1944 while praising dominion training, especially Canada, for air personnel.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Archibald
RAF
Europe
Canada
Dominions
R.A.F
Royal Canadian Air Force
U K Troops Make Up Two-Thirds of Canadian Army
War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that British forces currently comprise about two thirds of the First Canadian Army. He refused to reveal full unit composition, citing risk to operations as Canadian troops push against German forces. The Daily Telegraph editorialized that the army's misleading name masks British predominance while praising Canadian and American exploits.
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London
James Griff
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Rhine
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Canada
Crerar
Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta to Benefit From Family Allowance
National Health and Welfare Minister Brooke Claxton announced in Winnipeg that about 54 million dollars will likely be spent in the three prairie provinces during the first year of the national family allowance. He noted Saskatche wan and Manitoba estimates and that payments begin July tenth.
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Winnipeg
National Health and Welfare
Brooke Claxton
Prairie Provinces
Claxton
British Columbia
National Health and Welfare Department
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
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Natzke
Wren Anita D’allaire
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Cologne Cathedral
United Nations
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J. Rogov
V. N. Dragoun
J. A. Suslaparov
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